title: Extraction of a large self-amputated colonic lipoma: A case report.
abstract: Despite being the most common benign tumor of nonepithelial origin in the colon, colonic lipomas are nonetheless considered a rare occurrence. The minority of patients presenting with symptomatic colonic lipoma are generally treated with resection. We report a case of a symptomatic patient who, on presentation, was found to have a partially obstructing, self-amputated colonic mass on colonoscopy, requiring endoscopic fragmentation to extrude what was later histologically diagnosed to be a lipoma.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Shafik M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sidani
authors.forename: Ayman N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Tawil
authors.forename: Mustafa S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sidani
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D020685:Colonoscopes; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004733:Enema / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate